Sentences with phrase «party in parliament»

I am confident that most potential Labour voters want to see both a more diverse Labour party in parliament, and also a Labour government radically different from the last one.

By that time all political parties in parliament had aligned themselves behind strong net neutrality rules.

If borne out on May 7th, this means Labour would be the largest party in Parliament with Miliband as prime minister.

In recent history the Conservative party in parliament reflected only a section of our society - male, white, professional, grey - suited and straight,» he said.

The party lost 48 of its 56 MPs, leaving it with just eight and making it the joint fourth biggest party in parliament, along with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist party, behind the Scottish National party.

Second, there are about 5 - 6 parties in parliament with one major party standing out, the CDU.

They're usually advocated by the less Tory party in parliament anyway.

Whips are MPs appointed by parties in Parliament to do what they can to make sure party members vote the way the party wants.

It was all the more shocking, therefore, when the following morning it emerged that Labour had scraped through as the largest single party in parliament.

In Carswell's eyes, Ukip stands for independence from the dominant parties in parliament as much as it does from the EU.

In 2017 the Liberal Democrat share of the vote actually fell to 7.4 % and it remained as fourth party in Parliament, behind the SNP.

Former President Kravchuk was in attendance, as were Peoples Deputies from the nationalist Ukrainian Republican Party, Ruk, the mainline nationalist, pro-European party in Parliament, and the Ukrainian National Assembly / Ukrainian National Self Defense Organization, the hardline nationalist militia known as Una - Unso.

For where else does a minority party in parliament land the DSP?

This was seen as justifying the formation of a coalition of left parties, despite the fact that the Christian Social Party remained the strongest party in parliament (von Beyme 1970: 524)

Although tiny, if this lead is maintained it would result in Labour becoming the largest party in Parliament next year.

What happened in the Labour party in parliament last week was not so much a coup as a riot of despair.

Leader of the Party Mark Williams leads on Welsh Affairs in the House of Commons and Lord Thomas of Gresford QC leads for the Party in the House of Lords and additionally speaks on Constitutional Affairs for the Welsh Party in Parliament.

The reason UKIP did particularly badly in translating votes to seats is because their vote share is still very evenly distributed by comparison with the three main parties in parliament.

Being a part of the collective decision making in Shadow Cabinet, setting a direction for the parliamentary Labour party in Parliament on challenging issues.

In 1951, the Wafd Party in Parliament, who had transitioned Egypt to a constitutional monarchy, cancelled the Anglo - Egyptian treaty of 1936.

Even so, Labour would remain the second largest party in Parliament and with the left chalking up defeat as «eight and a half million votes for socialism,» as Tony Benn infamously did in 1983, they are likely to learn nothing and forget nothing.

We speak for the mainstream of the modern Conservative Party in Parliament and in our constituencies, and for the voting public, both in the UK and throughout Europe.

Or would the idea of propping up a Labour Party willing to pursue constitutional reform and meaningful environmental measures suddenly become a more attractive partner, even if they remained the second biggest party in Parliament.

One thing * is * certain: the Tory party in parliament and at large want this coalition to continue for as long as it has to and no longer (great pieces in the press this morning on that)....

If the poll is correct, it means while the Tories will most likely be the largest single party in parliament, they will not have an overall majority in parliament.

I'm not sure the first exists anywhere anymore, and, even when it did the conduct of labour parties in parliament was so amenable to the interests of the boss class that the party of labour may as well have been the less Tory bosses» party.

Steinmeier said Germany was facing the worst governing crisis in the 68 - year history of its post-World War Two democracy and pressed all parties in parliament «to serve our country» and try to form a government.

It's been a busy first two years for APS, with launches in Edinburgh and London and several other events — including a party in parliament, where our student members had the opportunity to visit Westminster and meet pro-life MPs and Lords.

Libertarian Estonian Reform Party with 33 seats of 101 member Riigikogu is largest party in parliament.

But the one sitting on top in the executive chair should not have any link with any of the parties in Parliament.

These are the people who work with the leader daily, engaging in collective decision - making, representing the party in parliament and speaking for it in the media.

For Corbyn, the Labour party in parliament is in many ways secondary to the broader labour movement in the country.

He said: «We need a strong and united Labour party in Parliament.

If that MP can be the sole voice speaking up for, representing, the party in the parliament when there is a party political debate, why can not that MP vote on behalf of the party, and why should that vote not reflect the full weight of votes determined by the votes cast by the electorate in the General Election?

One vote (the Party vote) determines the number of votes of each party in the Parliament, and therefore which party (or parties) is in a position to form the government.

No such majority is achieved and, despite extreme pressure from Washington, Cook stands firm and, with the overwhelming backing of his party in parliament, refuses to support the American action in Iraq.

He is a founder of the Tory campaign body, Women2Win, which works to help women become Tory candidates in the hope of increasing the representation of women in the Conservative party in parliament.

Taking into account the well - known pro-Labour bias in the electoral system as well as prediction uncertainty, the method suggested then that the Tories would have a 64 % chance of being the largest party in parliament.

«I'm not going to say «never», but at the moment that's not my plan and there's a Labour leader and a Labour party in Parliament and in the country that have got to get on and deliver it.»

In The Netherlands, the Socialistische Partij is a socialist party, founded in 1974, entered parliament in 1994, and presently one of the 4th largest party in parliament and the 3rd largest by members.

Recent polling of key marginal seats by Lord Ashcroft found that Cameron's party can afford to lose no more than 21 seats to Labour in order to remain the largest party in parliament.

Speaker's Conferences were appointed by the government of the day, with agreement from the major opposition party or parties in parliament, to reflect the convention that major reforms in parliamentary representation are framed in an all - party forum of elected MPs with a neutral chair.

Candidates with a strong local grounding can also help put their party in the parliament, even if it has less than 5 % of the vote nationwide.

Excess mandates can create a bit of drama but not seriously alter the balance between the parties in parliament.

During those six days, Brown was responsible for representing the UK in international affairs, not David Cameron (leader of the largest party in Parliament) or anyone else.

That MP will be the sole representative of the party in the parliament.